Design Details

286: Bask in the Awkwardness


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This week, we kindly critique the design details of Spectre, a new app from the folks behind Halide. In Follow-up, we discuss knowing when to shut up in a negotiation, and in Industry Talk, we debate when it's okay to break the rules of affordances. And as always, we share a couple cool things like a new home and some wild music videos.

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Follow-up:
  • Mahmoud Bachir says "Something I've heard in regards to salary negotiation is to state your number concisely, then stop talking."
  • Pssst! Sometimes, it pays to listen until after the outro music (43:39)
  • Industry Talk:
    • affordance - n. the quality or property of an object that defines its possible uses or makes clear how it can or should be used
    • The Design of Everyday Things uses Norman doors (video) as an example of a good affordance
    • Reddit: Faucet at a restaurant
    • Here's a link to the Twitter composer modal
    • "More wood, fewer arrows"
    • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Chilled Monkey Brains
    • App Launch:
      • Sebastiaan de With and Ben Sandofsky, the duo behind Halide, have released Spectre, an AI-powered shutter for your iPhone, letting you create amazing long exposures
      • Spectre (2015)
      • Spectre's launch icon resembles both an "S" and a camera lens, and it echoes the app interface
      • One Cool Thing:
        • Brian shared that he found a place to call his own in NYC \o/
        • Marshall shared the work of Billie Eilish, a singer-songwriter and maker of amazingly bizarre music videos
          • Recommended: you should see me in a crown, when the party's over, bury a friend, hostage
          • Design Details on the Web:
            • We are @designdetailsfm
              • Brian is @brian_lovin
              • Marshall is @marshallbock
              • @Sarahberus and @Luperdev make us sound smarter than we are
              • Join the conversation on Spectrum or leave us a review on iTunes
              • BYEEEEE!

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